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Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria has suggested that Indian captain Rohit Sharma the forthcoming Test series in Australia. Notably, both Rohit and Kohli have been having trouble in Test cricket lately, and as a result, India lost their first Test series at home since 2012, falling to New Zealand 0–3.
Many people are worried about the crucial forthcoming five-match Test series against Australia after India's disastrous home performance. Danish Kaneria has also pointed out serious issues that the star duo can face in Australia and suggested that they lower their batting order by one. Kaneria recommended that Rohit bats at number three since the ball would receive greater assistance on Australia's fast and bouncy tracks.
Kaneria's suggestion to Rohit Sharma
"Just see if Rohit Sharma is still comfortable opening or if he should come in one-down and change his order a little bit because he has been struggling with the track in India. In the recent series, Southee got him out twice, and the ball will move more over there in Australia, so you have to see how you go with that," Kaneria told Times of India.
The former wrist spinner went on to say that Virat Kohli should drop to number four and that Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal should start the Indian innings. Although, Kohli's usual batting position in Tests is two down only.
"The Indian top order should be Jaiswal and Shubman as openers, Rohit coming one-down, and Virat two-down. They have to manage that. Gambhir needs to manage the long Indian batting line-up, as Ashwin and Jadeja are there, so they have a deep batting line-up," he added.
Both Rohit and Kohli were in terrible form during the recent home Test season for India, with the captain scoring just 133 runs from five games at an average of 13.30 with one fifty. However, Kohli only managed one half-century and 192 runs at an average of 21.33. Their position in the team has been questioned after their subpar performances, and the two will need to perform really well in Australia to disprove their doubters.
